If you lead a chamber, run a community org, sit on a foundation board, or carry weight in your community — your name on the record next to ours turns this from a project into an institution.
Endorsing isn't writing a check. It's standing up at a Saturday picnic in the Bronx, at a community hall in Detroit, on a WhatsApp group with 400 people in it, and saying: this is real, I know who's doing it, count me in.
Nobody below got paid. Nobody got a logo deal. They lent the count their name and their reputation. We're in this together — and without people the community already trusts vouching for what we're doing, we don't get to build it.
The chain is short: your endorsement → your community trusts the registry → they register → the Albanian-American community becomes visible to the institutions that decide language access, federal data categories, and recognition. Visibility is step one; recognition wins come from sustained organizing on top of a credible count, not from the count alone. Read the honest framing →
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“This endeavor is long overdue, as the undercounting of Albanian Americans costs us in so many ways. Applaud the work of these fine folks to reveal and validate our presence in this great nation.”
Richard Lukaj
Senior Managing Director, Bank Street Group
“What an amazing initiative Ervin. I hope we all sign up and be counted.”
Daniel Blloshmi
“Proud to support this initiative to finally count all of the Albanian-Americans who make a difference in the United States.”
Erold Merko
Senior Vice President - Wealth Management
“The Active Albanians Non-Profit Organization proudly endorses the National Albanian Registry Organization for its unwavering commitment to preserving our heritage, strengthening our community, and building a united Albanian voice for future generations. We support this organization because its mission aligns with our belief that when Albanians come together with purpose and pride, we are stronger together.”
“I proudly endorse the National Albanian Registry Organization as one of the first major initiatives with the potential for long-lasting and broader impact on the Albanian community. I support this mission because strengthening our identity, representation, and collective voice is work that can benefit generations to come.”
Marsel Alickolli
Business Owner and Community Activist
“Invaluable partnership!!!”
Green Line Albania Inc
“On behalf of Albanian Pilots Worldwide, we are proud to endorse NAR and its mission. We strongly support organizations that work to unite, empower, and elevate the Albanian community while creating opportunities for future generations. NAR’s dedication, vision, and commitment to strengthening our people and preserving our values align closely with the principles we stand for at APW. Together, we believe in building stronger connections, inspiring leadership, and representing Albanians with pride across the world.”
Albanian Pilots Worldwide ( APW)
“Lets count every Albanian in the USA! 🇦🇱”
Violetta Berisha
“AlbanianRegistry.org is more than a registry — it is a declaration that our community matters, our stories count, and our presence deserves to be recognized. For too long, our numbers have been estimated by others. This gives us the opportunity to define ourselves, preserve our legacy, and strengthen our future together.”
Iliriana Sela
“Great intiative on documenting our presence so our story isn’t lost.”
Albanian American National Organization
“Proud Albanian-American advocating for unity and progress”
Arlind Lela
Executive Board Member/Shoqata Atdhetare Dibra
“I proudly and strongly support the National Albanian Registry as a vital step toward uniting and empowering Albanians everywhere. Its presence in the United States is a powerful commitment to preserving our heritage, honoring our identity, and strengthening our legacy for generations to come.”
Nilda Salavaçi
“The National Albanian Registry will give us a more accurate and far richer view of our community. Better information enables us to better coordinate, strengthen our ties, and carry our heritage forward as Albanian Americans.”
Leart Ulaj
“I am honored to support this initiative. When Albanians come together, we can achieve anything.”
Samantha Sarelli
Miss Globe USA 2025
“I proudly support the National Albanian Registry as a meaningful step toward uniting Albanians across America and strengthening our collective voice for generations to come.”
Eljona Shkreli
“Feja e shqiptarit asht Shqiptaria.”
Nalvi Duro
AANO President
“Always supporting our community and my heritage proudly. Never forget where you are from.”
Flamur Zymeraj
Producer/DJ
“I came to America in 1992 from a country that had just stopped being closed. Three decades later, I've watched our community grow without ever being counted — by institutions, by politicians, even by each other.
There are more Albanians outside Albania than inside it, and we still don't know how many of us are here. Every number we've ever had came from someone else's form. Counting ourselves is a sovereignty act. The first count is the first step.”
“I support the National Albanian Registry as an effort to bring Albanians across America closer together, with the hopes to focus on engaging our youth and building lasting connections that will carry our community forward for generations to come.”
Dibran Begu
“Stronger communities start with better data and connection.”
Dimitra Potsi
“It is important to create a national database of Albanian-Americans”
Mark Kosmo
Chair, Global Albanians Foundation
“SAPS proudly supports this important step toward uniting, empowering, and strengthening our Albanian community.”
Shoqata Akademike dhe Profesionale Shqiptare (SAPS)
“Great project. It’s a great idea, it’s very important to gather information so we can help each other more. More we know about each other , easier to help each other.”
“I fully endorse this project and is a strong project for our community!”
Dzemal Lanica
President
“People hesitate to share their information — that was my experience during the 2010 Census. I do endorse this effort. Getting counted in a census, of any kind, means more bragging rights and more power.”
“it’s time we put our true numbers on the map to show exactly how much our collective voice matters in America.”
Rinor Komoni
Founder
“I fully endorse and support this important community effort to accurately identify and document the Albanian American population across the United States. Reliable demographic data is essential to strengthening our communities, increasing representation, and improving advocacy efforts at every level of government. This initiative will also help Albanian American organizations better compete for grants and resources that can support long-term community growth and impact.”
“Albanians For America proudly supports the mission of the National Albanian Registry and the importance of collecting accurate data on Albanian Americans across the United States. Reliable population counts within congressional districts are critical to building stronger advocacy efforts and ensuring our community is properly represented where policy decisions are made. By identifying and documenting the growth and presence of Albanian Americans nationwide, the Registry helps strengthen our collective voice and long-term political influence.”
“I endorse the National Albanian Registry as a vital step toward uniting Albanians across America and strengthening our voice for generations to come.”
Fier → New York at 13, 1997 · Founder, NAR · President, NY Chapter of AANO
If you lead an Albanian organization, community group, religious institution, business network — or if you are a high-net-worth individual, business leader, philanthropist, or someone with influence in our community — this message is for you.
The National Albanian Registry sits alongside the work you've built, not on top of it. Our mission is a community-led count of Albanian-Americans across the United States — a single number, with the method published so anyone can audit it.
When city leaders, foundations, the media, policymakers, or future generations ask how many of us are here, there should be one credible place with a real answer. Built and maintained by the community it counts.
Your endorsement matters. Whether through your organization, your business, your philanthropy, or your personal influence, supporting NAR helps build trust and reach. Endorsing can be as simple as mentioning NAR at your next event, sharing the registry with your network, or publicly supporting the mission.
If you have spent years serving our community — or if your success has given you a platform to uplift others — your endorsement helps build something bigger than any one person or organization.
Faleminderit.
— Ervin
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Endorsements are public — your name and a one-line "why" join the others on this page after we review. Anyone can apply: an Albanian American organization, a community org, a chamber, or an individual whose word carries weight in the community.
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501(c)(3) filed. Eight founders — every name, role, and vote public. Mixed diaspora: Albania-born and US-born, immigrants and second generation. The bylaws lock out single-person control on purpose.
224K keeps us invisible to the institutions that decide.
No state has to print an Albanian ballot — Albanian isn't on the Voting Rights Act's list, and hasn't been since 1975. No Albanian box on the Census, just a write-in most people skip. Few Albanian-American programs funded the way larger, counted communities are. Each starts with the Albanian community being visible to the institutions that decide — and the broader community is close to a million, far more than the official tally reflects. NAR's community-led count runs alongside the Census; your name helps show the real number.
Most registrants don't speak fluent Albanian. Many never met their Albanian grandparents. The official ancestry question rarely reaches anyone who isn't 100% sure they 'qualify' — the community-led count is where your name shows up.
